Passenger's outrage after Ryanair passengers told to play game for "free booze" prize

The pass-the-parcel game at 30,000 feet enraged some on board who were travelling to sun-kissed Tenerife from Manchester.

Music promoter and DJ Chris Prudence, 29, from Moreton, Wirral, had calmly settled into his seat ready for a fun-packed week in the sun when "all Hell broke loose".

The game began on Ryanair flight 4332 on Easter Sunday afternoon and lasted for about 20 minutes, according to the irate passenger.

Rows of passengers were divided into two teams by a male member of the cabin crew and played six or seven rounds in a desperate bid to win a "free bar".

Mr Prudence said: "I was sitting in my seat minding my own business when this blaring voice said whichever team managed to get a toilet roll to the back of a plane first won.

"The prize was a free bar which meant free alcoholic drinks to a flight full of lads and holidaymakers.

"But there were elderly people on board who just wanted quiet.

"There were all these hands in the air flailing wildly as this bundle, which was quite heavy, made its way to down the aisles to the back of the plane.

"I wasn't playing the game and the toilet roll hit me and a poor pensioner who was nodding off when the roll bashed into her face." After the cheeky cabin crew admitted that there was NO prize of a free bar.

Mr Prudence seethed: "The clown who worked for Ryanair said he was just joking after all that nonsense.”

But Ryanair have flatly denied the claims made by Mr Prudence that a game was played to win a “free bar” and issued a scathing response.

A spokesperson for Ryanair said: "This 'free bar' story is totally untrue.

"There was no offer of a 'free bar' on this or any other Ryanair flight and no free drinks were dispensed. "Cabin crew were interacting with our customers and arranged a pass the parcel competition, but this was in a spirit of good fun (which Ryanair crews are encouraged to do).

"The vast majority of our customers on this flight enjoyed this light-hearted fun and complimented the crew who were professional and attentive to our customers at all times during this 4 hour 25 minute flight.

"While we are both surprised and regret that Mr Prudence, a 29-year-old DJ, may not have enjoyed this brief bit of fun, his claims of a "free bar", a "quite heavy bundle" and "unprofessionalism" are simply untrue."

The response from the Irish airline has angered Mr Prudence, who has made an official complaint about the bizarre alleged incident on board his flight.

Speaking from his home in Moreton, Mr Prudence said: "Why would I lie? I'm telling you it happened, it 100% happened.

"They played the game for about 20 minutes and insisted it was the best of three but then kept playing more games.

"Some of the passengers were getting really miffed and demanding the free bar, especially this one lad from Manchester.

"After the game had stopped, our aisle, the left one, lost, the crew said there was no free bar and 10 minutes later brought out the drinks trolley and started charging for drinks."